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AGAINST THE RISING MOON, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The lake, the lad who stood alone
Last Line: Who went away to war.


The lake, the lad who stood alone
That midnight by the shore,
The full low-hanging orange moon -
The memory of a boy I loved
Who went away to war.




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